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Video Preview – Weird & Wonderful Hotels
/ January 13, 2010 4:05 pm

Video Preview – Weird & Wonderful Hotels

Season one of Weird & Wonderful Hotels is now complete, and we couldn’t wait to share this video preview with you! Later this month, The Fremantle Corporation will be promoting the show at NATPE, an industry event which attracts TV execs from more than 70 countries worldwide. We’ll be posting more details of where and when you’ll be able to

Sean Pertwee Talks Slingers
/ December 22, 2009 12:34 pm

Sean Pertwee Talks Slingers

On the set of the Slingers sizzle, Sean Pertwee talks to writer, Mike Atherton about his thoughts on our TV project and their shared love of

AVATAR Review
/ December 14, 2009 11:15 am

AVATAR Review

Slingers writer, Mike Atherton, was lucky enough to attend the world premiere of James Cameron’s AVATAR last week. He published one of the very first reviews of the movie for TWITCH, which we thought we’d share here. Tickets are on sale already… go, go go! I just got back home from the world premiere of Avatar here in London. It’s

Windmill Lane Pictures
/ December 8, 2009 12:06 pm

Windmill Lane Pictures

Sleepydog CEO, Toby Moores recently paid a visit to Windmill Lane Pictures, Ireland’s largest and longest established film and television post production house. Take a look at their online archive and showreels to see some examples of the great work they’re doing, but it was Gary Shore‘s film, ‘The Cup of Tears‘ which really caught our eye. This genre splicing fantasy

Tech’ing The Mickey
/ November 27, 2009 12:27 pm

Tech’ing The Mickey

Technology website Cnet recently published a list of the top ten funniest tech videos. The highlight is this offering from spoof news site, The Onion which brilliantly observes how quickly the world has embraced digital distribution.  Also worth a watch is Peter Serafinowicz’s introduction to the new ‘Mactini’, and Slate V’s take on the Twitter phenomenon

Monster Mashup
/ October 6, 2009 10:42 am

Monster Mashup

Empire recently published a list of their top 50 movie trailer mashups – a fantastic collection of Hollywood trailers which have been re-edited by fans to give an unexpected spin on classic movies. Highlights include: Shining – Kubrick’s chilling masterpiece becomes a heart-warming comedy. 10 Things I Hate About Commandments – the biblical epic re-told as a teen coming-of-age story.

All The Rage
/ September 21, 2009 3:18 pm

All The Rage

There’s an app for everything – or so Apple would have us believe – and from today you can experience your very own movie premier, as indie flick ‘Rage’ makes it’s debut on the iPhone and iPod touch. Written and directed by British filmmaker Sally Potter, ‘Rage’ is an episodic story which takes a behind-the-scenes look at a New York fashion

/ August 17, 2009 9:43 am

A Sandstorm Of Talent

Hot on the heels of Susan Boyle and Stavros Flatley comes Kseniya Simonova, winner of the Ukrainian version of Britain’s Got Talent. Kseniya’s live ‘sand animation’ is pretty amazing stuff and as you’ll see from the video, the audience get a little watery eyed during her performance! Perhaps they’ve just managed to get some sand in their eyes, but I recommend

/ July 22, 2009 10:12 am

The Voice In The Room

Toby Moores and Mark Jones discussing social media from Martin Belam on Vimeo. Sleepydog CEO, Toby Moores and Mark Jones from Reuters discuss social media at the News Innovation Unconference held in London, July 2009. During the session, they explore the appeal of social media to politicians, and how using services like 12seconds.tv can capture ‘the voice in the room’. For more, please

MacBook Aircraft?
/ June 30, 2009 9:04 am

MacBook Aircraft?

I’ve still not got around to seeing Transformers 2 – although I’ve been told by several people not to bother! But after seeing this video my appetite is well and truly wetted! Thanks to @philcampbell for tweeting this